diff --git a/src/Build.UnitTests/BuildEventArgsSerialization_Tests.cs b/src/Build.UnitTests/BuildEventArgsSerialization_Tests.cs
index 7df03d42322..6f963797536 100644
--- a/src/Build.UnitTests/BuildEventArgsSerialization_Tests.cs
+++ b/src/Build.UnitTests/BuildEventArgsSerialization_Tests.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using System.Text;
 using FluentAssertions;
 using Microsoft.Build.BackEnd;
@@ -875,6 +876,98 @@ public void RoundtripTaskParameterEventArgs()
                 e => TranslationHelpers.GetItemsString(e.Items));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void AbsolutePathTaskParameterTextUsesOriginalValue()
+        {
+            var basePath = new AbsolutePath(Path.GetFullPath("."));
+            var path = new AbsolutePath("input.txt", basePath);
+
+            ItemGroupLoggingHelper.GetStringFromParameterValue(path).ShouldBe("input.txt");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void TaskParameterEventForwardingPreservesAbsolutePathOriginalValue()
+        {
+            TaskParameterEventArgs args = CreateAbsolutePathTaskParameterEventArgs();
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+            using (var binaryWriter = new BinaryWriter(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8, leaveOpen: true))
+            {
+                args.WriteToStream(binaryWriter);
+            }
+
+            memoryStream.Position = 0;
+#pragma warning disable SYSLIB0050 // Required to exercise the legacy event forwarding deserializer.
+            var forwardedArgs = (TaskParameterEventArgs)FormatterServices.GetUninitializedObject(typeof(TaskParameterEventArgs));
+#pragma warning restore SYSLIB0050
+            using (var binaryReader = new BinaryReader(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8, leaveOpen: true))
+            {
+                forwardedArgs.CreateFromStream(binaryReader, version: 0);
+            }
+
+            forwardedArgs.Items.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+            ((ITaskItem)forwardedArgs.Items[0]).ItemSpec.ShouldBe("input.txt");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void BinaryLogSerializationPreservesAbsolutePathOriginalValue()
+        {
+            TaskParameterEventArgs args = CreateAbsolutePathTaskParameterEventArgs();
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+            using (var binaryWriter = new BinaryWriter(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8, leaveOpen: true))
+            {
+                new BuildEventArgsWriter(binaryWriter).Write(args);
+            }
+
+            memoryStream.Position = 0;
+            using var reader = new BinaryReader(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8, leaveOpen: true);
+            using var eventArgsReader = new BuildEventArgsReader(reader, BinaryLogger.FileFormatVersion);
+            var replayedArgs = (TaskParameterEventArgs)eventArgsReader.Read();
+
+            replayedArgs.Items.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+            ((ITaskItem)replayedArgs.Items[0]).ItemSpec.ShouldBe("input.txt");
+            replayedArgs.Message.ShouldContain("input.txt");
+            replayedArgs.Message.ShouldNotContain(Path.GetFullPath("input.txt"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void BinaryLogSerializationWritesEmptyItemSpecForDefaultAbsolutePath()
+        {
+            var args = new TaskParameterEventArgs(
+                TaskParameterMessageKind.TaskInput,
+                "File",
+                propertyName: null,
+                "File",
+                new object[] { default(AbsolutePath) },
+                logItemMetadata: false,
+                DateTime.MinValue);
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+            using (var binaryWriter = new BinaryWriter(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8, leaveOpen: true))
+            {
+                new BuildEventArgsWriter(binaryWriter).Write(args);
+            }
+
+            memoryStream.Position = 0;
+            using var reader = new BinaryReader(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8, leaveOpen: true);
+            using var eventArgsReader = new BuildEventArgsReader(reader, BinaryLogger.FileFormatVersion);
+            var replayedArgs = (TaskParameterEventArgs)eventArgsReader.Read();
+
+            replayedArgs.Items.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+            ((ITaskItem)replayedArgs.Items[0]).ItemSpec.ShouldBe(string.Empty);
+        }
+
+        private static TaskParameterEventArgs CreateAbsolutePathTaskParameterEventArgs()
+        {
+            var basePath = new AbsolutePath(Path.GetFullPath("."));
+            return new TaskParameterEventArgs(
+                TaskParameterMessageKind.TaskInput,
+                "File",
+                propertyName: null,
+                "File",
+                new object[] { new AbsolutePath("input.txt", basePath) },
+                logItemMetadata: false,
+                DateTime.MinValue);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void RoundtripProjectEvaluationStartedEventArgs()
         {
diff --git a/src/Build/BackEnd/Components/RequestBuilder/IntrinsicTasks/ItemGroupLoggingHelper.cs b/src/Build/BackEnd/Components/RequestBuilder/IntrinsicTasks/ItemGroupLoggingHelper.cs
index 2fd03538738..9038bb76d72 100644
--- a/src/Build/BackEnd/Components/RequestBuilder/IntrinsicTasks/ItemGroupLoggingHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Build/BackEnd/Components/RequestBuilder/IntrinsicTasks/ItemGroupLoggingHelper.cs
@@ -243,6 +243,14 @@ private static void AppendStringFromParameterValue(ReuseableStringBuilder sb, ob
                     keyValuePairList.Clear();
                 }
             }
+            else if (parameterValue is AbsolutePath absolutePath)
+            {
+                sb.Append(absolutePath.OriginalValue);
+            }
+            else if (TaskItemTypeDetector.IsSupportedPathType(parameterValue.GetType()))
+            {
+                sb.Append(ValueTypeParser.ToString(parameterValue));
+            }
             else if (parameterValue.GetType().IsValueType)
             {
                 sb.Append((string)Convert.ChangeType(parameterValue, typeof(string), CultureInfo.CurrentCulture));
diff --git a/src/Build/Logging/BinaryLogger/BuildEventArgsWriter.cs b/src/Build/Logging/BinaryLogger/BuildEventArgsWriter.cs
index cba8208d74d..06b0d64d739 100644
--- a/src/Build/Logging/BinaryLogger/BuildEventArgsWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Build/Logging/BinaryLogger/BuildEventArgsWriter.cs
@@ -987,6 +987,11 @@ private void WriteTaskItemList(IEnumerable items, bool writeMetadata = true)
                         Write((byte)0);
                     }
                 }
+                else if (item is AbsolutePath absolutePath)
+                {
+                    WriteDeduplicatedString(absolutePath.OriginalValue ?? string.Empty);
+                    Write(0);
+                }
                 else
                 {
                     WriteDeduplicatedString(item?.ToString() ?? ""); // itemspec
diff --git a/src/Framework/TaskItem_T.cs b/src/Framework/TaskItem_T.cs
index b54706b1d21..4c418004ec1 100644
--- a/src/Framework/TaskItem_T.cs
+++ b/src/Framework/TaskItem_T.cs
@@ -70,8 +70,15 @@ public TaskItem(ITaskItem item)
         /// <summary>Returns the FullPath metadata value if non-empty, otherwise falls back to itemSpec.</summary>
         private static string GetFullPathOrItemSpec(ITaskItem item, string itemSpec)
         {
-            string fullPath = item.GetMetadata("FullPath");
-            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(fullPath) ? fullPath : itemSpec;
+            try
+            {
+                string fullPath = item.GetMetadata("FullPath");
+                return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(fullPath) ? fullPath : itemSpec;
+            }
+            catch (InvalidOperationException ex)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException($"Cannot create TaskItem<{typeof(T).Name}> from the provided item.", nameof(item), ex);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Framework/TaskParameterEventArgs.cs b/src/Framework/TaskParameterEventArgs.cs
index 52f623017af..fdb54492bb9 100644
--- a/src/Framework/TaskParameterEventArgs.cs
+++ b/src/Framework/TaskParameterEventArgs.cs
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ private void WriteItem(BinaryWriter writer, object item)
                     writer.Write7BitEncodedInt(0);
                 }
             }
+            else if (item is AbsolutePath absolutePath)
+            {
+                writer.Write(absolutePath.OriginalValue ?? string.Empty);
+                writer.Write7BitEncodedInt(0);
+            }
             else // string or ValueType
             {
                 writer.Write(item?.ToString() ?? "");
diff --git a/src/Utilities.UnitTests/TaskItem_Tests.cs b/src/Utilities.UnitTests/TaskItem_Tests.cs
index 1b42c8d3169..6b92ce90bc2 100644
--- a/src/Utilities.UnitTests/TaskItem_Tests.cs
+++ b/src/Utilities.UnitTests/TaskItem_Tests.cs
@@ -486,6 +486,14 @@ public void FromITaskItem_PathLikeType_UsesFullPathMetadata()
             item.Value.FullName.ShouldBe(expectedAbsolutePath);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void FromITaskItem_InvalidPath_ThrowsArgumentException()
+        {
+            var backingItem = new TaskItem("bad\0path");
+
+            Should.Throw<ArgumentException>(() => new TaskItem<AbsolutePath>(backingItem));
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void FromITaskItem_NonPathType_UsesItemSpec()
         {